Faculty Profile
Todd Arsenault
Professor of Art (2007)
Contact Information
Weiss Center for the Arts
717-254-8414
Bio
Professor Arsenault works with and teaches in the areas of painting, drawing, printmaking, and digital media. He has an interest in the conversation between analog and digital processes and how the consumption of images through various media work to shape knowledge. His work has been shown throughout the U.S and internationally. He has had solo exhibitions at Massimo Audiello Gallery in New York City, Vox Populi in Philadelphia, and Galería Fúcares in Madrid and has been included in exhibitions at The Painting Center in New York City, The Indianapolis Art Center, and the New Britian Museum of Art in Connecticut. He has also been involved in a decade long painting collaboration with Philadelphia-based artist Kristopher Benedict. Those works have been exhibited at the David Richard Gallery in New York City and Nina Johnson Gallery in Miami.
Education
- B.A., °µÍø½ûÇø, 1999
- M.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design, 2003
2026-2027 Academic Year
Fall 2026
ARTH 227 Fundamentals of Painting
A basic studio course exploring the techniques, practices and history of painting and theories of color. Working from observation, subject matter will range from still-life and landscape to architecture and the figure.
Prerequisite: 122 or permission of the instructor.
ARTH 321 Advanced Drawing
A studio course to explore further, those issues covered in 122, but focusing on the creation of light and space. Landscape, architecture, still-life and the model will serve as subject matter. A large variety of media will be used, including pastel, monotype, ink, acrylic paint and charcoal.
Prerequisite: 122 or permission of the instructor. Repeatable, with permission of instructor.
ARTH 326 Intaglio Printmaking
An in-depth exploration of etching, engraving, aquatint and other techniques of drawing on, and printing from metal plates. Photo-etching and working in color will also be covered.
Prerequisite: 122 or permission of the instructor. Repeatable, with permission of instructor.
Spring 2027
ARTH 260 Sustainable Printmaking
This course will explore approaches to printmaking that make the practice environmentally sustainable in regard to materials. Conceptually, the course will utilize the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals as a starting point for making art that addresses issues related to the social, economic, and environmental aspects of sustainability. With this in mind, we will examine the challenges related to developing works of art that respond to challenging subject matter. The course will explore the fundamental areas of printmaking through the processes of engraving, screenprinting, woodcut, collagraph, and monotype among others. Digital process and computer manipulation will also be utilized.
ARTH 327 Advanced Painting
A second-level studio painting course concentrating on the figure, and covering advanced techniques, alternative materials, and aspects of contemporary and historical practice.Prerequisite: 227. Repeatable, with permission of instructor.